Blades Paint Senior Aircraft Technician

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Technician shall prepare blade components and surfaces for painting and perform the painting of the components and airframes IAW Airbus manufacturer procedures.

• Paint Preparation: 45% Prepare all surfaces for paint by sanding, masking, filling, washing and removal of dents. Apply corrosive preventative treatments, primers, and finish coats of special Material Paint.
• Material Paint: 45% Mix and/or tint paint as required. Perform layout of paint schemes as specified by the customer. Apply paint materials to all prepared surfaces according to manufacturer instructions. Complete Aircraft for customer acceptance by brush touch-up, cleaning stripping lines and removal of overspray.
• Documentation: 10% Perform on a daily basis releasing and updating time sheet. Sign off work clearly and legibly in a timely manner, using adequate description of work being performed. All necessary blocks on the Discrepancy sheets need to be filled out as required. Work needs to be signed off using correct referenced, AMM, Engineering Dispositions, and Repair Design Approval Sheets (RDAS).
  
  Complete tool box audit sheets on a daily basis at the end of the shift. Complete forms and records pertaining to completion of assigned work.
• Additional Responsibilities:
  Other duties as assigned.

• Education:
  
  Required High School Diploma or Equivalent experience. Preferred Some trade school Experience.
• Required Minimum of six (6) years of Painting and Paint preparation on metal and composite/fiberglass components. Preferred Minimum of six (6) years of Painting and Paint preparation on metal and composite/fiberglass aircraft components. Recognized expert in paint for aircraft blades. Ability to train and foster team members.
• Licensure/
  
  Certifications:
  
  Required None Preferred None
• Travel Required:
  
  0% Domestic and International
• Citizenship:
  Authorized to Work in the US
• Clearance:
  None
• Qualified
  
  Skills:
  
  Knowledge, Skills, Demonstrated Capabilities:
  Required Exceptional time management skills, ability to multi-task and handle high volume workloads. Correctly understands customer requirements and AHI capabilities, enthusiastic to support others and achieve the highest level of customer service.
• Preferred None
• Communication
  
  Skills:
  
  Required:
  
  Ability to communicate effectively in verbal and written form in English. Preferred:
  Bi-lingual French or German
• Technical Systems Proficiency:
  
  Required:
  
  Proficiency with all technical manuals per Paint Requirements on French and German blade components. Preferred:
  Proficiency using Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word) and SAP
• Complexity of the Role:
  Level of Decision Making:
  Maintenance manuals decides on types of paint, methods with a combination of focus on weight and balance.
• Very Organizational information:
  Reports to Manager, Blade MRO Shop and works with Blade Shop and Technical Advisors
• Direct Reports:
  Is this a people manager? # of Exempt Reports: 0 # of Non-exempt Reports: 0

Employee will be required to have problem solving skills for Paint to ensure that they are accepted practices, of the highest quality, and cost effective for the customer.

Involved Communication on a daily Basis with internal and external parties

• Onsite or remote: 100% Onsite
• Vision: able to see and read…